UnwellRaptor/Pinger - for what it's worth, the last movement out of Hendon was an Anson in the late 60s. The airfield was built over during the 70s but RAF Hendon (not the musueum) became an enclave and finally closed in 1995 or so.

You could always pay us a visit at the London ATC Centre. It's a working musuem with lots of vintage radar and computer equipment. ;)

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"The Museum of Flight." It is in East Fortune, just south of Edinburgh in Scotland. It is on the site of the old RAF East Fortune, and tells the story of the RAF in Scotland during WWII. It was also an airship launching site, and it was from here in 1910s (I think) that the first Atlantic crossing in an airship took place! Good museum, loads of a/c (spits etc) and an all round good day out! :)
So Alaska if you are coming up to Scotland during your stay, and I recommend you do, then pay it a visit!
Have fun, and enjoy your stay!
Eff Oh.

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Hi Alaska

Try the RAF Museum at Cosford. An outstanding display of a/c including loads of WW2. They have some rare Japanese models amongst the types on display. There is also a fabulous collection of R&D a/c. A great day out.

Try this: http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/cosfd/cosford.htm

Tonks

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I'm looking to visit the RAF Hendon museum on my next stopover. I was planning to take the tube to Hendon Central...will this take me within walking distance?

Go one stop further on the Northern Line to Colindale and it is then about 5 mins walk (signposted)

A couple more suggestions:

There's a rather good little museum at Coventry Airport (Baginton). In the summer, when there are plenty of volunteers, you're allowed to sit in the cockpits (Starfighter, Phantom, Lightnings, Vulcan etc). As well as the jets there are exhibits from the days when Armstrong Whitworth had their factory on the other side of the airfield. Well worth a visit. Also Air Atlantique have their Historic Flight based at the airport.

The second suggestion is the Newark Air Museum, a couple of miles east of the A1. There's gliding alongside the museum, and the runway was long enough to fly in their Vulcan - which must have been some sight! Mostly early jets, but some WWII memorabilia.

Alaska, and anyone else unfortunate enough to transit England's capital city.

The RAF Museum, Duxford and The Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden are a must. If you can pick your days then make sure you are at the latter two for a flying day. All are within a comfortable drive of London.

The Shuttleworth collection at old Warden is an occaision where on flying days people take picnics and sit and watch fantastic rare aircraft climb into the skies.I believe any aviator visiting old Warden would at some point want to go again.Unfortunately the hotel at which we stopped overnight nearby old Warden in the centre of the local town was so bad we should have slept in the car!!

Duxford is awesome!! :) Don't miss it if your in the area. SFly

The thread's been going since August, for heaven's sake, and no-one has mentioned:

The Science Museum - right there in the heart of London.

There are, of course, a few crew-rooms around the country that are full of museum pieces. ;)

But methinks that Alaska has gone on his way and is no longer checking this thread. But we tried, I guess.

mention of the Science Museum reminds me of their Reserve collection/ storage site at Wroughton near Swindon.

I thought I had heard that the Wroughton reserves had all had to be moved.

Certainly, the FAA Museum had to find space at Yeovilton for a lot of the exhibits that used to be at Wroughton. Its now all in a most impressive climate-controlled hangar across the road from the FAA Museum and is a museum in its own right. Some Lottery money was involved, I think, and rightly so.

Shuttleworth collection - an excellent thing, lots of vehicles and other exhibits as well the all flying aircraft collection.

And London's Science Museum - fine aviation section as well as the other facinating collections. You'll spend the day.

Alaska

e me when you're in UK. I would gladly fly to Duxford/Cosford/Coventry/Yeovilton from White Waltham nr Maidenhead.
Any excuse!!